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current [2021/05/30 17:40] – 9.4.41 James Sentmancurrent [2024/02/05 17:53] (current) James Sentman
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-=====XTension Version 9.4.41=====+=====Download XTension 9.5.4=====
  
-Released: 5/30/2021\\+>2/5/2024 [[current:beta|XTension 9.5.5 Beta 1]] is available. 
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 +Released 12/19/2023\\
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-Download for all Supported OS versions; [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9_4_41.dmg|XTension. v 9.4.41 (build 1044)]]\\ +Download Universal Binary for all Supported OS versions; [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9_5_4.dmg|XTension. v 9.5.(build 1085)]]\\ 
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-**Minimum System Version** for this release is OSX 10.10 but not all plugins may function properly prior to 10.13. Please start the necessary work to upgrade to at least 10.13 for future builds will no longer be able to support 10.10.\\ +**This is an important update for NGROK users.** This updates the ngrok client to support the system changes they are making liveThe older version will no longer be supported very soonAnyone using ngrok tunnels should definitely perform this upgrade as soon as possible.
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-Maximum supported version is Big Sur but some problems and cosmetic issues remain when running on Apple Silicon\\ +
-This version is built with the latest compilers and libraries available and should be able to run on Big Sur with minimal issues, though some remain. and you should report them to be if you are crazy enough to be running that on your server...+
  
 +**Minimum System Version** for this release is OSX 10.10 but not all plugins will function properly prior to 10.13. Please start the necessary work to upgrade to at least 10.13 or recommended 10.15 or newer. At some point in the near future it will no longer be possible for me to support anything prior to 10.13 and the video plugins will never work prior to Catalina.
  
-====9.4.41 Change Log:==== +**Rosetta Note:** While the entirety of the main app and all more recent plugins are Universal and run natively on Intel or Apple Silicon there are few older plugins including the W800 and CM11 that are still Intel onlyThey run fine under Rosetta and you’ll never notice the differenceThe only issue is that Rosetta is not included by default on the new Apple Silicon MacsYou’ll need to first run any Intel appor do a get info on any app at all and select open using Rosetta” then the OS will tell you that you need Rosetta and would you like to install it now. Once you complete that those plugins will run normally.
-  NEW[[supported_hardware:rtlamr|rtlamr plugin]] for receiving updates from some smart meters. This is currently vera beta and not all protocols are supported. Help me collect some data so that everything possible can work properly. +
-  NEW: A new command “sendDeviceCommand” implemented for the hubitat. Any command that can be sent to a unit that is not directly supported yet in the standard scripting dictionary can be sent via this mechanism. This enables setting the status LED’s of the WD200 dimmers as in the [[supported_modules:hs-wd200|new hubitat example on the WD200 device page]]. +
-  * NEW: Hubitat now properly handles Central Scene devices. I’ve removed entirely the ill thought out attempt in the last beta to create “pushed” units and instead have returned to the more normal handling of them as single device that is sent a central scene event. This should make them work just like the Vera used to and the same as central scene events in dimmers and switches. NOTE that if you ran one of the betas and have the pushed units created they will not be deletedYou should do that manually and then use the new central scene device unit that will be automatically createdTo properly support this I added a new unit type the “Central Scene Device” type which is what will be created for these units. +
-  * Added direct support for the Honeywell WST232 device to the [[supported_hardware:rtl_433|rtl_433]] plugin. I also did a lot of refactoring of the code that does the “special” handling for devices that send non-standard keys of data to make it easier to implement the rest of them in the future as people have need.  +
-  * FIX: Though it did not cause any issues I could see the new embedded python version now links to the correct libraries and not the ones that were included for the older python 2.7 plugins. +
-  * FIX: The “insert” toolbar menu on the edit script window now again properly lists any custom handler templates that the plugin defines for that unit typeFor example the hubitat devices now properly show a central scene handler template in that list again making it easier to implement such things without having to switch back and forth to the wiki to find the proper format. +
-  * FIX: Related to the abovepreviously if you tried to edit script for a unit assigned to an interface that had not been enabled since you last restarted XTension you would get a long error trace in the log rather than an insert popup menu. +
-  * FIX: the rtl_433 plugin was not registering it’s register” unit type and thus after editing any register units that were automatically created it would lose it’s proper path in the index and future commands would stop coming in. This now works as expected. +
-  * The download and app are significantly smaller again as I have removed duplicate versions of some of the large encryption libraries used by the home kit plugin and it now shares them with any other plugin that needed them. +
-  * Another good chunk of work was done in the background for supporting python and others as the internal scripting language. You won’t see anything about this in the release fork of the app yet, but someday it will be done and that will be a good day...+
  
 +====9.5.4 Change Log:====
  
 +  * The [[supported_hardware:hue|Phillips Hue]] plugin now properly supports non-dimmable plug in modules.
 +  * Fixed a problem with the [[supported_hardware:wiz|Wiz plugin]] that would log errors as the libraries now return the name of the scene rather than it’s ID as they did previously.
 +  * Fixed the error that was logged while trying to create a symlink to the internal python version if you did not have a /usr/local/bin folder on your machine. 
 +  * The python symlink is now created inside the XTension Support folder “pythonxt” and you can use that to run python scripts inside XTension or from elsewhere but using the XTension settings. It is especially useful if you are running python scripts from an async shell script in XTension as they will inherit all the path info to run properly where running the built in python may cause errors.
 +  * NEW: Added an option to delay quitting. This will popup a window asking if you really meant to quit, stopping accidental shutdown of the entire program due to misplaced fingers. The window will count down for 30 seconds and then quit the app. This window does not come up if the system tells XTension to quit as if before a restart or something similar. Find the checkbox to turn it on in the Preferences.
 +  * NEW: Added the option to send a value of 0 for a dimmable Unit to the On script if there is no Off script. Normally a value of 0 for any dimmable unit will be sent to the Off script rather than the On script. Unless there is no off script. This meant that previously you potentially had to duplicate some of your logic for handling values in the On and Off script. When this is turned on in the Preference, and a Unit has no Off script. The On script will be run instead with the future value set to 0. This is on by default, but if it causes you issues with some of your scripting you can turn it off in the preferences window.
 +  * Fixed the incorrect link to the mailing list signup page in the purchase dialog.
 +  * Removed some debug logging I failed to remove before the last release. This was in the conversion of potentially confused strings into floats and so did not affect every plugin, but might have logged confusing information occationally.
 +  * There was a change in AppleScript support in OS versions from Ventura on that would actually enforce some, but not all, of the scripting dictionary flags that have never, in the entire history of the Mac, mattered. So us developers got sloppy and failed to add things like the “optional” flag to all the verbs reliably. The first I’ve found and fixed was with the Speak verb where it would tell you that the “in” parameter was required. It is no longer required. So far I have not found any other such issues and a visual search through the dictionary did not reveal any more such issues, but it’s entirely possible there are more parameters that are not properly marked as optional. If you find any such errors please let me know.
 +  * The Interface list window can now be sorted by CPU Usage, Memory Usage and Process ID. This only works if you have the “show more information” option turned on in the gear menu on the window. This can be a great aide in finding the plugin process that is eating up all your CPU or memory and linking a python process shown in the Activity Monitor to the plugin it’s actually running. They all just say “python” in the monitor. But now it’s easier to find the PID number in the list if you sort by it.
 +  * Updated the [[xtension_manual:ngrok|ngrok client]] version to 3.5. This is an important update if you are using this service as the old version will no longer be supported sometime in January. There were many changes to the usage of the client, and many more to the layout of the configuration file. I believe I have them all sorted out, but if you have issues let me know. All output from the client is logged during startup so you can check immediately if it thinks it started the tunnels or if it logged errors instead.
 +  * I had previously hidden some of the lower level debugging aids in the contextual menus by having people hold the option key while right clicking. There is really no need for this extra step so I removed it. The Contextual menus for Units and Interfaces will have their “log debug data” and “Reveal in Finder” options at the bottom of all the contextual menus for them. This will make it easier to collect info for me if things start behaving oddly.
 +  * I added the same debug logging info to the contextual menus of global scripts should it ever be necessary to get a look at that.
 +  * To that debug output I added another line of info comparing the length of the Unit Address in both bytes and glyphs. This might be helpful to more easily discover if a plugin or a bug somewhere has inserted invisible characters into the Address field of a Unit causing things to get disconnected in the database and potentially making more and more units being created when there really should be only the one.
 +  * There were some significant updates and improvements in the main program libraries that will make many things run faster and smoother. So far my testing of all of them work just fine. They aren’t a thing I can turn off though, they are just part of the latest compiler update. It will depend on what you’re doing, how busy your machine is and how fast it is in general whether you’ll see any difference at all. Usually the things they improved aren’t an issue until you’re doing something many times in a row. So I expect that the main improvements will be in window redrawing and things like that, but if you have a machine that is very busy it may improve that somewhat throughout.
  
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 NOTE: This disk image no longer includes the older legacy plugins that will not be updated for newer OS versions. If you still need to run the [[supported_hardware:cm19]], [[supported_hardware:cm15a]], [[supported_hardware:zwave]] or the various Smarthome X10 interfaces please download [[tech_notes:catalina|the legacy plugins package from here]] and install the ones you need via the “Install Plugin” menu item of the “Database” menu.  NOTE: This disk image no longer includes the older legacy plugins that will not be updated for newer OS versions. If you still need to run the [[supported_hardware:cm19]], [[supported_hardware:cm15a]], [[supported_hardware:zwave]] or the various Smarthome X10 interfaces please download [[tech_notes:catalina|the legacy plugins package from here]] and install the ones you need via the “Install Plugin” menu item of the “Database” menu. 
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